How To Develop Excellent Communication Skills And Advance Your Career
In this world of competition and everyone vying for the other person’s job it is important to acquire better skill sets and keep ahead of the competition. One such skill is communication. With the best communication skills required by the corporate world today you can be assured that career advancements will surely be thrown to the wind and you will be left in the shallow while the rest of your colleagues will climb the ladder of success.
Communication skills or the power to effectively communicate with co-workers and business clients or customers is the most important qualification of a successful executive. Any business needs to have excellent communication facilities to be understood within and without the boundaries of the business. Managers and senior executives must constantly work on developing their communication skills if they are to effectively handle their domains and make the business more productive.
Signing up for a short term course in communication skills is one way to improve your chances of career advancement. Look at it this way, if you improve your communication skills you will be able to effectively communicate with your superiors and thus will be able to communicate to them your need to advance in the organization. You may be dropping hints for a promotion but the boss might not be able to understand you, this is one example of bad communication skills. If you look around you will find many people climbing the corporate ladder just because they have better certifications in communication skills. Many universities even have degree programs for those who want to study communication techniques and enhance their communication skills.
A degree in communication skills will assure your prospective or present employer that your profile of skills include honesty, sociability, communication skills, integrity, decision making ability, speaking, reasoning, listening and a host of other skills. All these skills are acknowledged by the Department of Labor as the key skills needed for managers to effectively manage their domains in order to produce the best productivity in terms of man hours. This is endorsed by every business house in the world. Effective communication skills are something no business can do without.
You can be assured that your career advancement opportunities will greatly increase once you have enhanced your communication skills. Being able to speak effectively in public and address groups of people is important to get your ideas across. You may be needed to communicate to people individually or in groups through public forums. You may be needed to do this personally or through some medium such as the internet, newspapers, magazines or the radio and even television. Your communication skills will permit you to make an effective impact on your target audience if you have the necessary skills in communications.
Abhishek Agarwal
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Is this a good cover letter for an acct's receivable job?
With marked interest in the Accounts Receivable Administrator position, I would like to take this opportunity to forward my resume for your kind review.
With roughly four years of professional experience in an administrative capacity, I have much to offer in the way of diversity and knowledge in regards to the position. In previous positions, I have followed through both the accounts receivable and payable process from start to finish and performed many other administrative functions. This has allowed me to advance many skills, including organizational and analytical. In addition to my ability and training surrounding accounts receivable directly, I also have a strong background in customer service which has led me to develop constructive and professional communication skills and timely, friendly, proactive service when dealing with both internal and external inquiries. My broad background has been excellent preparation for a career within accounts receivable at your company and makes me an excellent candidate for this position.
It is my sincere hope that we will meet for an interview to discuss any questions you may have and a future for me at *****. Of course, feel free to call (***************) or e-mail (**************) me to schedule an interview. I look forward to a chance for enhancing my skills and qualities which could add value to your organization.
Thank you for your time and consideration, and best regards.
Respectfully yours,
I thought a couple of additions might be as follows :
Dear Mr ?,
I noted with great interest your advertised post for “Accounts Receivable Administrator” and enclose my resume for your kind consideration.
With approximately four years’ professional experience in an administrative capacity, I believe I have much to offer by way of a diverse range of skills and knowledge in regards to the position. In previous posts, I have followed through both the accounts receivable and payable process from start to finish and performed many other administrative functions with high degrees of precision. This experience has allowed me to advance many skills, including organizational and analytical and I have the capability of working at speed without loss of concentration or accuracy. In addition to my aptitude and training gained directly in accounts receivable, I also have a strong background in customer service which has led me to develop constructive and professional interpersonal skills and timely, friendly, proactive service when dealing with both internal and external inquiries.
My broad background has been superb preparation for a career within accounts receivable at your company and makes me an excellent candidate for this position. I am keen to continue my personal development and will happily undertake further training if desirable to enable me to perform to the optimum in the role, and I do learn very quickly, having the ability to put knowledge into practical application very swiftly.
It is my sincere hope that we will meet for an interview to discuss my suitability for this post in more detail and the potential for my future at *****. Please call me at your convenience on (***************) or e-mail (**************) me to schedule a meeting. I look forward to speaking with you soon and to the prospect of joining your company to our mutual benefit.
Yours sincerely,
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I feel the preamble is too long. Normally, HRD people do not want to read essays but a cryptic itemised description. I would suggest the follwoing method:
1). Qualifications; from the highest academic to the lowest.
2),Past experience starting from the latest to earlier ones, giving detrails of job descritpion, as cutely as possible
3). How ur earlier experience has helped ur knowledge and how u will be able to put it in practice in the new company and help honing ur skills for the benefit of the Company.
4). Any other relevant info. u may like to add.
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Dear ********,
When I read the job description for the Accounts Receivable Administrator position I found listed with *******, I noted how well your requirements match my skills, experience, education, and background.
While my resume provides an excellent overview of my strengths and achievments, I have also outlined a few of your specific requirements and my qualifications, formatted as Your requirement – My qualifications.
(use the information in paragraph 2 to make this list)
A real world example (mine) to get you started:
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office – Well experienced in Microsoft Office 2000-2007 using Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote to create, organize, and maintain all types of information, documents, and correspondence including multiple Access databases used in conjunction with in-house software I developed in Visual Basic 6.
Since my skills and expertise fit your requirements so closely, I believe a meeting would be mutually beneficial. I will contact you on ****** to follow up and see if we can arrange a time to meet. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
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